Indoor/outdoor grill and fry cooker

Abstract

An indoor/outdoor grill and fry cooker comprising a main body portion with a generally cylindrical side wall, a generally hemispherically-shaped bottom with legs extending downwardly therefrom, an open top and a hollow lower chamber therewithin; an upper cover positionable over the open top of the main body portion with an upper region and a lower region and an upper chamber therewithin, a handle formed in the lower region of the cover, and a mouth plate extending downwardly from the lower region into the main body portion; a coal pot positionable within the chamber of the main body portion, the coal pot having a generally cylindrical side wall, a pair of supports secured to the top of the side wall; and a plurality of operational components positioned between the main body portion and cover during operation and use including a circular heat/smoke cover plate with rollers therebeneath positioned on the supports, a circular screen-type filter thereabove, an imperforate circular grease trap thereabove, and a circular bottom grate in a grid-like configuration thereabove.

What is claimed as being new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is as follows: 
     
       1. A new and improved indoor/outdoor grille and fry cooker comprising, in combination: a main body portion in a cylindrical configuration with a generally cylindrical side wall having an air input aperture and an exhaust aperture, a generally hemispherically-shaped bottom with legs extending downwardly therefrom, an open top and a hollow lower chamber therewithin;   an upper generally bell-shaped cover positionable over the open top of the main body portion with an upper hemispherically-shaped upper region and a flared lower region and an upper chamber therewithin, an exhaust opening and an air input opening formed in the upper region of the cover and a handle formed in the lower region of the cover, and a mouth plate extending downwardly from the lower region into the main body portion when the cover is positioned on the main body portion during operation and use;   a coal pot positionable within the chamber of the main body portion, the coal pot having a generally cylindrical side pall with a plurality of apertures in vertical line formed therein and with a generally hemispherically-shaped bottom and open top, a pair of supports secured to the top and an upwardly extending post positionable in the upper chamber of the cover during operation and use;   a plurality of operational components positioned between the main body portion and cover during operation and use, the operational components including a circular heat/smoke cover plate with rollers therebeneath positioned on the supports and a hinged diameter for opening and closing each half of the cover plate, a circular screen-type filter thereabove, an imperforate circular grease trap thereabove, a circular bottom grate in a grid-like configuration thereabove, and a circular top cover with apertures therethrough and a curved slot adjacent to the periphery for the passage of the mouth plate thereabove; and   electrical heating components within the top cover and electrical lines extending therefrom for coupling to a source of electrical potential during operation and use.   
     
     
       2. A indoor/outdoor grill and fry cooker comprising: a main body portion with a generally cylindrical side wall, a generally hemispherically-shaped bottom with legs extending downwardly therefrom, an open top and a hollow lower chamber therewithin;   an upper cover positionable over the open top of the main body portion with an upper region and a lower region and an upper chamber therewithin, a handle formed in the lower region of the cover, and a mouth plate extending downwardly from the lower region into the main body portion;   a coal pot positionable within the chamber of the main body portion, the coal pot having a generally cylindrical side wall, a pair of supports secured to the top of the side wall; and   a plurality of operational components positioned between the main body portion and cover during operation and use including a circular heat/smoke cover plate with rollers therebeneath positioned on the supports, a circular screen-type filter thereabove, an imperforate circular grease trap thereabove, and a circular bottom grate in a grid-like configuration thereabove.   
     
     
       3. The device as set forth in claim 2 and further including: a circular top grate with apertures therethrough and a curved mouth hole for the passage therethrough of the mouth plate.   
     
     
       4. The device as set forth in claim 3 and further including: electrical heating components within the top cover and electrical lines extending therefrom for coupling to a source of electrical potential during operation and use.